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Understanding disaster risks as a systemic construct
Posted on 20 Mar, 2022 09:56 AMAgainst the backdrop of human-induced hazards and disaster risks, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) articulates the need for an improved understanding of disaster risk in all its dimensions of exposure, vulnerability, and hazard characteristics as well as the strengthening of disaster risk governance (UNDRR, 2015).
Women at the frontline of climate change adaptation
Posted on 19 Mar, 2022 04:23 PMKalyani Dash, Soudamini Rout, and Gita Rani Satpathy are three women from Odisha w
Delhi, sinking?
Posted on 18 Mar, 2022 10:28 AMDelhi is facing the risk of land subsidence. And uncontrolled and illegal groundwater extraction is to blame!
What is land subsidence
Pharma antibiotics polluting Indian rivers, says Toxics Link study
Posted on 17 Mar, 2022 06:52 PMA new study by Toxics Link, 'Menace of Antibiotic Pollution in Indian Rivers' has found that rivers are now prone to pollution from antibiotic residues.
Need for demand-side management: From the lens of participatory groundwater management
Posted on 16 Mar, 2022 07:27 AMThe word Kachch is derived from the Gujarati word ‘Kachha’, meaning tortoise, from which the drought-prone district of Kutch gets i
The tale of two disasters: Role of science communication for disaster risk reduction
Posted on 15 Mar, 2022 10:43 AMOver the years, the Himalayan climate has grown warmer, there are higher incidences of short but intense monsoon and hailstorms.
Mumbai sets a mitigation goal to achieve net-zero by 2050
Posted on 15 Mar, 2022 09:31 AMA recent study by Council on Energy Environment and Water indicates Maharashtra is the 3rd most vulnerable state in India and Mumbai is one of five distric
Community members pursue common good
Posted on 12 Mar, 2022 09:27 AMIn June 2021, Rio Tinto India Pvt Ltd initiated a pond rejuvenation activity at village Kherla, in Sohna block, Gurugram district of Haryana, which was implemented by S M Sehgal Foundation.
Impact of climate change on agricultural livelihoods of women
Posted on 11 Mar, 2022 06:39 PMThe aim of the forum was to discuss the impact of climate change on agricultural livelihoods of women. The forum threw light on the deep disparities between the work women have access to relative to men and the significant gender gap prevailing amongst agricultural casual workers. Women’s wages are at least 30 percent lower than male wages.
Making every drop count: Micro-irrigation for tribal farmers of Gujarat
Posted on 11 Mar, 2022 03:41 PMThe Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has recently released the second part of the Sixth Assessment Report – ‘Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability’.
